Limnological Birthday Celebration

[jesse_the_k]

I celebrated my 65th birthday with a boat ride! Thanks to Fayth Kail and other polio warriors, the Madison School-Community Recreation service has three wheelchair accessible pontoon boats. Cloudy and breezy and fresh! We’d hoped to fill a boat with lots of pals, but were limited to just six people.

MyGuy gave me the perfect present -- thanks to the strings fore and aft, my new hat stays on even when traveling 15 knots on a windy day.

White woman seated in power wheelchair on pontoon boat deck on Lake Mendota, Dane Co., Wisconsin. Orange lap blanket, red gloves, pink shirt, orange neck gaiter, fabulous new Tilley hat, dark glasses and probably-not-truly-required N95 mask.

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Close up of Dusty lavender cotton hiking hat with wide brim (even wider in front) and narrow band of mesh ventilation in "attic" at the top of the crown.

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Picture taken overhead at 6 pm 7 Sept 2020 from the center of Lake Mendota. The pale blue sky hosts cirrocumulus (?) clouds at various levels. Hints of sunset in pale orange above the hills of Middleton Wisconsin. Feel free to use it as a computer/phone desktop!

Comments

[sonia]

Happy birthday! Sounds like it was a good expedition.

[jesse_the_k]

Being tiny on a lake full of breezes and sky was exceptionally soothing.

[gloss]

Happy birthday! What a great way to celebrate -- and I love the mix of colors you're sporting!

[jesse_the_k]

Thanks -- everything I wear is either black or BRIGHT!

[pauraque]

Happy birthday!!

[jesse_the_k]

Thanks!

[seascribble]

Very nice hat, very nice sky!

[jesse_the_k]

<3

[kaffy_r]

Many happy returns of the day! Your smiles - which are obvious even under the mask - are proof that your birthday was most appropriately celebrated, even if you could only have six people on the boat. Hurrah for accessibility! I really like the cloud picture ... your description made me go back in my mind to high school science classes, trying to remember all the different types of clouds. I think they might be cirrostratus, but your vantage point was much closer than mine. Heh.


My 65th is coming up on Wednesday, and I"m hoping we can order in for some Indian food, which would be fantastic. Up here on the north side of Chicago there are some great Indian restaurants.

[jesse_the_k]

Thanks!

There's a reason my cloud name has a question mark — cirrostratus sounds good to me.

May your food be savory and delicious!

[forestofglory]

Happy Birthday!

The sky around here has been full of smoke so I really enjoyed seeing your lovely sky picture. There's something very calming about it.

[jesse_the_k]

I'm glad the picture can bring a little calm — I'm thinking of you and hoping the winds change soon.

[sasha_feather]

What lovely photos! :D

[jesse_the_k]

<3

[muccamukk]

That is an excellent hat! Love the colour.

The sky pic is also gorgeous. Thank you for sharing <3

Happy birthday!

[jesse_the_k]

Thanks so much!

[wendelah1]

Happy birthday!

[jesse_the_k]

<3 <3 <4 <5 ....

[grrlpup]

Awesome outing and hat! Happy birthday!

[jesse_the_k]

Thanks so much.

[sovay]

MyGuy gave me the perfect present -- thanks to the strings fore and aft, my new hat stays on even when traveling 15 knots on a windy day.

Happy birthday! You and your hat look good. Nice sky, too.

[jesse_the_k]

Thanks.

[sara]

I think wheelchair accessible boat sounds like a wonderful thing and what a nice birthday.

[jesse_the_k]

Indeed it is. Because it's got two pontoons, it's much more stable than a conventional boat.

[worlds_of_smoke]

Happy birthday! That sky is gorgeous, and your hat is pretty spiffy. :D

[jesse_the_k]

<3 <3

[oursin]

Happy birthday!

[jesse_the_k]

Why thank you!

[raino]

Happy birthday, great hat! And awesome clouds.

[brainwane]

Seconding this!

[susanreads]

Happy birthday, and thanks for the sky!

[jesse_the_k]

Would that I could spread clear skies all over the west coast.

[tarasacon]

Great hat! And happy birthday!!!
😃

[jesse_the_k]

Thanks! This is the most positive milestone birthday in decades.

[runpunkrun]

Happy birthday! And that cloud pic is lovely.

[jesse_the_k]

Thanks. I could have spent the entire trip lying on my back being boonswoogled by lovely clouds. I hope you have clear skies Real Soon Now.

[replyhazy]

Happy birthday!!!

(and Tilley hats are great, I have that same one)

[bibliofile]

Yay for excellent hats.

Also, HBD J!!!! A good way to celebrate. Glad the sky managed to be aesthetically pleasing in your honor.

[starshipfox]

Happy birthday! I love the hat, looks very practical. The photo of clouds is stunning.

[jesse_the_k]

Thanks!

[yourlibrarian]

Happy birthday!

[jesse_the_k]

Thanks so much!

[livrelibre]

Belated happy birthday!

[jesse_the_k]

Given that I celebrate my birthday for an entire month, your wish is right on time.

[luzula]

Ooh, what lovely clouds! And that looks like a very practical hat.

ETA: Ha ha, and maybe I should also have said "happy birthday"!

[jesse_the_k]

Do you know cloud taxonomy?

It's an A++ hat -- what do you wear on your woodsy adventures?

[mific]

Congrats! And excellent hats!

[jesse_the_k]

Thanks

[applenym]

I love your hat. Happy Birthday!